Guwahati, March 20 -- The Congress in Assam has suffered a series of jolts ahead of the assembly elections, with senior leaders Bhupen Kumar Borah and Pradyut Bordoloi defecting to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Even as the party reels from these exits, state president Gaurav Gogoi has stitched together a multi-party alliance in a bid to revive its electoral prospects.

Gogoi managed to cobble up an alliance with three other parties-the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), formed after the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in 2020; the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC), which has a presence in the three hill districts; and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which has one MLA in the outgoing assembly.

On Thursday, ano...